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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



This contribution represents the combined efforts of several 

 persons and organizations. Sampling was facilitated by the excellent 

 support of Paul DeRocher and Mike Dunton aboard the Maine Department of 

 Marine Resources (DMR) vessel R/V Explorer. Joslyn Kelly and Robert 

 Wells of the Bigelow Laboratory, and Ellen Montgomery of Colby College 

 were responsible for much of the pre-sorting of faunal samples. Trace 

 metal analyses were accomplished by Vincent Zdanowicz of the National 

 Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) . Advice on the interpretation of the 

 metals data was provided by Henri Gaudette and Berry Lyons of the 

 University of New Hampshire. David Sampson of DMR and Jean Garside of 

 the Bigelow Laboratory provided statistical advice and data processing 

 support. Drafting was undertaken by Jim Rollins of the Bigelow 

 Laboratory. Special thanks go to Margaret Colby, Pat Oathout and Teve 

 MacFarland for the painstaking manuscript typing, and to Robert Reid of 

 NMFS for general support and encouragement throughout. 



